Tuesday, July 17, 2007

in view of what's happening with Nat, one of Lulu's readers asked,It makes me worry about my comments elsewhere. Should i now blog annonymously? Sad indeed.Lulu too is worried. And Lulu didnt know how to answer that question. sori-ah... not yet reply your mail. Now you know why...

Things which crossed my mind1. Need to make friends with Elizabeth Wong the activist.When Rocky got into trouble, she took the initiative to hook him up with the right people. Now she's one of Nat's main activist. Would be good if Lulu gets her number.

2. How do I make sure I get adequate legal representation?In Lulu's case, its also legal protection cos Lulu gets SO easily bullied.When asked a series of questions, Lulu gets easily confused, slightly incoherent and starts answering gibberish.Article 5(3) in the constitution says• (3) Where a person is arrested he shall be informed as soon as may be of the grounds of his arrest and shall be allowed to consult and be defended by a legal practitioner of his choice.But look what happened to Nat.So how?

3. Maybe even more basic, how to stay out of troubleLulu guesses that the easiest thing would be to stop blogging. err... but I dont think thats the path I want to take for now. Lulu still has so much to say and write about.So how?

I don't know.BUT maybe, Lulu'll be able to find some answers if she attends to forum In Solidarity with Nat Tan.Venue: KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly HallDate: 19th July 2007 (Thursday)Time: 7.30 pmAdmission is Free.Now that you know it is free, bring Friends, kay? you can tell your friends you "belanja masuk". We wont tell on you.

Nat to be released this noonBlogger and PKR webmaster Nathaniel Tan will be released today noon after a four-day remand for allegedly breaching the Official Secrets Act.A press circular released by PKR said that Tan’s lawyer Latheefa Koya was informed about the release by the police this morning.According to the press statement, 26-year-old Tan would be released 12pm at the Bukit Aman's Cyber Crime Division, Jalan Dato Onn, Bukit Perdana (behind Bank Negara).

precisely because the authorities want create fear, uncertainty, and doubt that they went after one or two more prominent bloggers. that way they hope to create fear in the normal folks that "you could be next". what is important with such an awareness is that we should continue to speak out to defeat their scare tactic. they can catch 1, 2, 3...but imagine all of us continue to voice out, how many can they arrest/remand? it is important to break this fear as fear and uncertainty has been the tool used by this administration for so long to keep the rakyat pliant and complacent. speak up as one voice, and this tactic will fail.

Reminded me of a saying, "Slaughter the monkey to frighten the villagers." Do you want to be played into fear by the authorities? Instilling fear among the younger generation of leaders? It won't work. Not when you stand by the values and a conscientious mind. It's the beginning of the end of this country if you have fear and not struggle against the evils in our society.